She drew my attention.

It was a dark , wet November night at a night club ,the time was a few minutes
after eleven o'clock, and because of the rain and the hour ,the squar was deserted. I couldn't manage to
get closer to her. It had been raining steadily for the past three hours .Water gurgled in the gutters and
dripped from the street lamps that made yellow pools on the glistening pavement.

The cold wind added to the misery of the wet and I thought longingly of my comfortable setting room
,the bright fire that will be burning. I screwed up in the sky ,looking for a break in the clouds the only
thing I saw was a black mass of old mansion looming up against the starry sky .It looked much bigger
than it did in the daytime .I went back in the club to wait for the rain to fade away .The rain finally
stopped only showers where left, but the outside clearance wasn't that clear for a naked eye to zoom
the way forward.

There was a white mist hung low on the peaked thatches of the rounded huts and made the trees and
bushes surrounding the clearing looked like flat ghosts . Every one was pinched with cold , Tamia the
club owner shivered as she ran across the compound directing people where they could get warmth.
Other herds followed her and all crouched shivering around a newly lighted fire. I checked the clock
again and it was twelve midnight and I knew my mother was going to kill me. After a surolen moment,
noise began at the fire. It was Primrose a Caribbean girl who always get her self into fights. She had no
friends befinatily she don't deserve. Rose suddenly rose from her stool , her face was puzzled. I turned
and looked at her suddenly she was at the back of me

Her eyes were expressionless, they held no warmth .Her face was roughed up as if she had
spend most of her life being a bouncer.

"Hie,"she said .

" Hie,"I replied

"What are you doing in the cold? you should go to the fire to warm your self you are wet." She
said opening her umbrella cause it was still showering.

"No! am looking for a partner who's going my way so that we can walk together." She gazed in
real amazement.

"Let's go then ."

Rose was a pompous girl and she heard a shovy character, she was also a football fan. We
looked at each other and we exchange the long cheerful smile of two figures having a date
which was not.
"Your eyes are wet? are u crying?" I said gently looking in her eyes.

She blinked twice ,realizing that tears had been accumulated in her eyes

"Everything is good," she said lowering her voice to an unexpected tune .There was a moment
of silent ,after a miserable wait she then said

"It was a grim-face."

"What of it?"

"Dan my boyfriend left early yesterday morning? He wanted to be away ,to be alone because
every-time he look at me ,he felt hollow." She started crying .

"Why he felt hollow when he look at you ?he is suppose to be happy because you are a
beautiful character indeed", I said with an intention of wanting to know everything.

"Thanks? Am a cheater and I admit."

I was definitely touched in all what she said

"Never mind , love comes and go if its not true love it end."

She said With a faraway look as if recalling something she didn't want to think of . So Rose and I
became friends we walked the night enjoying the beautiful view of the night stars which were
shooting forming zig zagging in the sky .

Rose liked me and I felt it .Her intention showed me and I felt like a family to her ,she liked me
quite a lot and I was already imaging my self in the best man's suit at her wedding day

"See you tomorrow Rose"

"Bye ,hey what's your name?"

"Pee."

"Okay sow bye Pee," she said in a pretty nasty way.

I went to bed but there was something in mind which I couldn't remember but the thing was
making me feel happy with wonderful memories running through my mind .I asked my self is it
'Rose' no she wasn't .Without a moment of thought I finally knew what was making me feel
happy and amazed . I found my self hooked by the beauty of an African girl child ,those who
knew children would have guessed her to be somewhere between sixteen or seventeen years.

She was an island of a girl in the sense that I thought she was the only beautiful girl around.I
definitely imagined Miss Zimbabwe, Miss Africa and Miss Universe rolled into one ! She had
long curly hair ,combed straight not the rasta style of dreadlocks. She had a lovely chin which
also drew my attention, she also had smoothing, exciting lips ,and her body was slim making the
dress she was wearing fit her as if the tailors had her in mind. She definitely drew my whole
looks at the club that night. Her eyes were amber-flecked honey colored she also had a dusting
of freckles across her face. She was a beautiful solitary figure. She heard all my love , and the
love for her from me was endless.

I felt asleep in wonderful moods and I was feeling my self as if I was in paradise, for Christ sake.
A morning early appeared in the next day. The sun began to shine upon the summit of the hills
as I went down the road. By the time I reached the shop areas ,the birds were whistling in the
garden lilacs, and the mist that hung around the city in the time of the dawn was begging to
arise and die away the day was clear like other back days we used go fishing and swimming. I
heard back home with my breakfast. All of a sudden a voice come by

"How long can one continue to hide a bulging belly in his under ummers?"

It was Rose then I said,"Are u talking to me."

" hie Pee ." she said.

"Good and you ? What am I hiding?"

"Breakfast," she said.

I laughed " I have a proposal guest for you Rose ," I said blazing my eyes.

" What are u proposing ?"

" Let's go and have breakfast at my place then tomorrow at your place deal."

Rose smiled and her smile has a good tonic at that moment when my mind was about to be
besieged by the memory of that lovely dream again of the African girl.

"Okay, I would like too but on one condition. "

"What condition u have?"

"After having breakfast fast with you, do you like to take a walk in the gardens only to feel the
gentle breeze of the day.

"Yes," I smacked my lips delightedly cause I always loved going for a walk sharing secrets, funny
thoughts and funny games. After a short slow walk we reached the the destination

"Home sweet home "

" This is your place ?" she said.

"Yes, come on in."

We definitely went in and I had left my music playing blaring at full blast as if there were no
neighbors within a radius of ten miles.

"You love music ?"

"Yah, but not too much I only have couple of songs I like."

"Tell me what type of music you go for?"

"Mmm I only like Bazooker officials music only."

" Bazooker??"

" yes Bazooker."

Then she repeated again ," You said you like Bazooker official? "

"Yes is there any problem ."

"No ! Forgetting the past ,particularly if you like his music that's cool."

Her voice was almost a sinister whisper when she heard about Bazooker ,making her shiver like
a lightly dressed child on a cold rainy day in paradise. She sat back heavily as if hit on the
breast .

"Are you okay over there Rose ?" I glanced towards her to see if she was okay ,but she was
breathing rapidly as if she had been running.

"Yes am okay "

I arranged the eating immediately.

"Ooh ,yes what a brain wave , who taught you how to cook this good?"

"My mom."

"Hope she's a good cook."

We silently unbarred the boor and crippled out for a walk Rose looked at her watch
grimaced,opened her hand bag and fished out a five dollar American note and she handed over

"What's this for?"

"Ice cream ? "

"You looked so annoyed when I recall Bazookers name what was in mind?"

"What do mean ? I wasn't annoyed."

" You know what am talking about ,"

Her eyes where blazing now

"No , its only that I can't believe that once upon a time I had offered my body to his repulsive."
She said muttered, unable to believe that she had wanted to do a thing .

" You ! What ? " I thundered as I heard the story .

"You heard me Pee."

She then dodged the topic and danced away from it the conversation. She started teasing me
so as to end the awkward moment.

"How is your girlfriend Pee?" she said looking scrutinized.

"Don't have ,"

"Why ?"

" Have you ever been to Victoria falls, too bad for the place in a fairyland but on a closer
approach the faced disappears and the symptoms of a harsher life become visible. "

I was busy preaching while she was looking at me .I pretended as if I wasn't looking at her . I
looked around until my eyes come to rest on hers . There was an air of sadness in her eyes ,
staring at me . Then she said

" She is such a lovely girl "

"What do you mean ? And whose lovely ."

"A beauty you have been proud of am going to bring her here some-other day ? So that you can
have a clear look at her , she is a smashing beauty just like beauty and the beast movie ,"

"What's in your mind Rose is everything okay"

" So you never get the sense yet ?"

"What do you mean ."

"The girl at the club I saw the way u looked at her ,I knew there was something , that's the
reason why you weren't feeling cold that night is it because your feelings were being warmed
up by a beauty solitary figure ."

She was like in my mind I thought because I was shocked I never told her about the girl at the
club but she definitely told me what I was thinking, she's an absolute lunatic I guessed but
honestly she is wizard the way she says it out

"Are you in mind , cause people who knows what others are thinking are perletethy , are u ? "

" Nop am not that kind of doing ,but only the way you do things says."
"What's her name."

"Roshieny , that's her name ."

I was attached by a feeling of likeness , a feeling which never ends . Suddenly after a miserable
wait phone rang

"Answer the call don't be so cold at heart."

"No."

"Okay so let me ."

"Go ahead snippy head "

" Whom are u calling that ?"

"I wasn't talking to you I was talking to my self ."

" Ooh pathetic"

"What did you say Pee "

" I wasn't talking to you I was talking to my self ?how does it feel?"

She handed me the phone but the call come to an end . I looked at her

"Are u drunk Rose ?'

" No ." she laughed.

Her statement was as muddled up as if it was coming from somebody who was drugged.
Although there was arona of innocence around her.

" Where are we going ?" I asked .

" let's have lunch ." she said unevenly.

" hat's for lunch ."

"Pizza, is it good for you "

"Yes pizza is good it's been eighteen years never had one.

" So you never heard pizza before cause you are eighteen years. "

" No ! the nine months when I was in my mom's womb I have ate pizza through her ."😅

" okay , " she said with a faltering smile "keep my phone safe ."
She deliberately handed the phone and cuts all its cradle network because she didn't want to
receive any calls .She go and get the pizza as I went for drinks, when I noticed a young girl
besides I was only seeing the back view .

She was wearing a very nice perfume the kind of perfume that lingers on long after the user is
gone .She was on medium height and very slim ,her white blouse appeared too big for her . The
broad smile on her face made her look more beautiful.

"Pee ! ,Rose called , what hacked your attention."

"Nothing , you promise me something Rose."

" What is it ?"

She ejaculated her eyes popping. The sound of the strong emotions in her voice surprised the
men in the room for it she was acting.

"Roshieny , you promised to bring her near ."

"The girl you where busy looking, adoring that's Roshieny."

" like serious. "

"Yes , hope your love for her is endless , come on lest go ."

"Where now I should see her ?, " I replied depressed

"Just come there's still time ."

We stood up and pushed our way through the crowds on the door way . I looked back to see
whether the girl with the most beautiful perfume whose was the one of my kind if she was still
there.

"She's gone ."

"Whose gone Pee."

"That girl and I never heard time to talk to her for the second time am an idiot , Damm me ."

"No, u are not ?but u will be soon , remember endless love never ends you will see her again."

A twenty year old gent appears and he called Rose . His body was bulging with muscles, he was
a real gent indeed .Rose looked at the boy unblinkingly and she walked forward

"Do you know him ? Rose ."

She didn't reply definitely her eyes were focused to the boy , too my point of view there was
love swimming between this two figures. Then with a tormented look she glared at the boy
gent . I was left only with her phone .I opened the phone and I begin to see pictures . When I
was flipping through the phone abruptly I stoped my eyes from running up and down of the
photos , I licked my lips several times in rapid succession before looking up . I sat down under a
hibiscus red flowered tree with my eyes fixed on the photo of Roshieny.

" What is it that you are looking ?"

"Nothing ."

She giggled with an persuasive smile

"Your are back ." I said

" Yes am back , phew am tired. "

She sighted ,sinking into the shade next to me .She looked as tired as a miner at the end of a
hard day

"Water."

" No ! thanks ." she said ,patting the back of her hand lightly

" Still thinking about the gent , hope she showed you no messy because he was desperate ."

"Hmmm ." she grunted ,closing her eyes for a moment when she opened them she said "No ."

" okay ."

" Lets go ."

"Are you hiding something Rose ?"

"No ! Why say so ."

" Whose that gent ,who called you ten minutes before ?"

" Ooo him ! That's the guy who called three hours before."

"Okay , he is cool ."

"Thanks , hey u acted on my ignorance, took advantage of my innocence and let me play a
game whose rules I didn't know."

"Whaaaat ! ,are you nuts."

"You heard me ."

"Yes I heard ,but I can't understand."

"You will understand, isn't that garden beautiful ." she said

" yes it is , just like you ."

" Noo am not ."

The garden was terraced , she was aware of that , fringed with olive trees and there were pots
of camellia, gardenia, hibiscus one of my favorites and the warm night air was perfumed with
the scent of jasmine. We were like Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. The garden was
beautifully.

" Do you hear that ." she said

"Hearing what? No ."

After a miserable wait I started hearing a piano , a strange ,hunting piece for a brief moment ,
the piano stopped dead in the tracks

"Am better than him or her who ever that person is a boy or girl am way better , did you hear
that the tracks just ended ."

"Do you know how to play a piano ."

"Not that good but better than that."

" Sow shut up , and come ."

"Wow! Wow! ,wait a sec where are we going ? Hope not in side."

"Are u afraid Pee ."

"No ."

"Sow let's bounce in ."

"Hy is this the game you were talking about with no rules."

"No."

The piano was on Constantine pause. Rose half turned her face ,showing no emotion ,and she
started walking forward

" What are u waiting for come on , let's go ."

"Am coming , is this a surprise or its something."

She remained silent and she continued to proper up the steps .I flowed ,it was a large
sprawling, one storied building, constructed of local stones with blue black painted shutters
and a pan-tile roof . Bougainvillea grew in profusion every where .

"What's this place ."

"Its an old school for piano , music and art lessons."

"Oky , can we go now."

"Can't you see that we are going ."

"Not that why ? This way , let's heard back home."

"Like now."

"Yes like now snippy heard."

" okay just give me a sec Pee."

I waited and I was still squatting at a distance behind , waiting for the word let's go.

"Rose ! ."

"That's my name ."

" I know that's your name, I will be waiting for you out side ."

"Before you go I want you to see this ."

I went to have a clear look for she had called me for , I was shocked like ever before I could feel
my heart beat on top of my head.It was Roshieny who was playing the piano .

"Sow you bring me hear for that."

"That's the game , and I promised to bring her near sow I only want to keep my promise on
principal, go for it ."

"Ooo my God ! Rose am not yet ready to tell her how I feel ."

"Now you are an idiot as i told you before that you will be? "

"Yes ! Now I admit I am an idiot 😥😥."

" If you hide a rat in the drawer it tends to stink ."

"What rat are you talking about ? Are you trying to tell me something."

"Yes ! If you hide your feeling how is she going to know? Just give it a try ."

"What if she says , No! "

"What if she says ,Yes! , who knows ? The way you will approach ,you will say will have the
answer."

"How should I speak ,and what should I say ."

"Speak from your heart Pee ! Speak from your heart."

"Why are doing this Rose."

"We are a family remember? Remember that night we first meat that day you were already
imaging your self in the best man's suits at my wedding ! We are a family and I have got your
back."

"Where you in my mind again ."

"No , but the way you say things leads to an obvious thought."

"You are my fairy God sister ."

"Now shut up and go , and by the way show her what you have got."

" Oky let me try ."

" Don't try I want the best out of you ,"

"Oky."

"Hy remember ! You could have the ball in your possession for a good five minutes ,dribble it
past the defenders before kicking in the net ? Speak the truth don't lie ,girls quickly get bored
by liers , Understood."

" Yes ! Understood. "

"Good, remember to tell her that your love for her is from your heart not borrowed,
'Handikwerete one of bazookers tracks."

"Oky oky I get it."

"Good then go make the crowd roar for a score ! Make me proud."

She then left me speechlessly, no words to say but it was the only day I have to tell her how I
feel , I looked at Rose trotted to the flats and asked one of the 'carlsberging people where the
toilets where. After a miserable waiting when I was thinking of what to say she beginning
singing

Roshieny singing "Dont say you miss me when you don't call

And don't say you're hurting without the scars

Don't promise me tonight without tomorrow too

Wow her music touched my heart she sang good with a pretty voice

" I feel so misunderstood cause your intention were good if you could only see the power
drinking Holly in the woods your passion in philosophy of possibility every dream in my ridge I
found my freedom in the street I will swallow your pride just to make up proud ,
She definitely look at me with an obvious likeness , I didn't know what forced me to say those
words also I was shock standing in the same room together. Then she said

"Hie , I loved the way u say those words they touched my feelings especially to the bottom of
heart can you repeat it 😂."

" I love ......................! "

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